On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 6:12 PM, Greg Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The main idea is that there is another "asynchronous" concept of > collaboration which we may be able to implement with less complexity > than what we now call collaboration (e.g. > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/9.1.0_Collaboration_Requirements).
I think I have this area covered with Moodle -- if you look in the wiki, I've described moodle as the base for the asynchronous educational tools. Amadis seems to be a comparatively young project trying to make a stab at the exact spot where Moodle has already succeeded in. It would be interesting to hear if anyone has in-depth experience with Moodle *and* with Amadis, but from what I see, Amadis trails moodle significnatly in - functionality - it is strictly a subset of what moodle offers - interop with many other tools - moodle's success means many other tools are compatible with it - widespread community of educators - thanks to network effects... - widespread community of developers (core devs and contributed modules devs) - long term viability - moodle has an clear and strong leadership that is rarely matched there are a least a few dozen LMS/CMSs of note -- but moodle is the yardstick at the moment, and has growing momentum, so it's a hard one to overtake. Lately we've been having recurring conversations about the XS where it is clear to me that you haven't seen or used Moodle. It's frustrating for both of us as you argue for features that I know are there, but you can't quite see "where". So I've signed you up for a compulsory Moodle course with me as soon as I visit 1CC :-) One on one. Mano a mano. You'll either understand why I'm so crazy about moodle, or commit me to a mental hospital. I am also planning to talk about this with the education team -- David and his co-conspirators -- and I am very interested in their feedback. >From prior experience with educators, I think they'll like it :-). I'd like you to join those sessions too, not so much to hear me talk but to hear them. cheers, m -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
